In my first few years of being in New York, I had a major identity crisis because I’d never stayed in one place for so long.
MITSKIIf I have a song where I hit some really high notes, I want to try to bring in equivalently low notes somewhere in there.
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
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I’d always been fascinated by death, which sounds so morbid. Especially being a woman trying to make music, I think there’s a sense that you’re never young enough, or your career is going to end soon.
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Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
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I try to be regimented and try to stay healthy and work out and eat properly and go to sleep. And not get too caught up in the industry in my regular life, so I can save all my expression and energy for my art.
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You always want what you can’t have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born,
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The whole ‘grunge-girl’ comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.
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I don’t want to be elitist.
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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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On one hand, I think it’s very important to talk about race and talk about gender, because if it’s not talked about, then we won’t progress.
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I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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When you are a minority, it’s your job to bend, and when you love someone, you really want to make it work.
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I really like The Cars. They’re just so over the top and super pop, but I don’t feel guilty. I’m proud of all the music I listen to.
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